an increasing trend. So we investigated some epidemiological aspects of the Leishmaniasis disease in order to update our information about infection routes and epidemiological characteristics of the disease in Qomrood District, Qom Province, Central Iran.   Materials & Methods:   In  this  descriptive  cross-sectional  study,  patients  population...

Sporotrichosis is a subacute or chronic mycosis caused by the dimorphic fungus Sporothrix schenckii which is endemic in Brazil and is transmitted primarily through traumatic inoculation of its causative agent into the skin. The zoonotic transmission, especially from infected cats, has been demonstrated in several reports and case series. We present simultaneous occurrence of the disease in thre...

Leptospirosis, the infection with Leptospira spp., is an apparent or unapparent disease of animals and man. It is caused by a continuously changing number of pathogenic leptospira species and serogroups. The accumulation of information in recent years on leptospirosis has shown that serovar distribution around the world is neither uniform nor stable. In other words, the most prevalent serovars ...

background : zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl), an important public health problem in iran, is sensitive to climate conditions. this study aimed to examine dynamic relations between the climate factors and incidence of zcl in golestan province, northern iran during 2010–2012. methods : data of monthly climatic factors, including temperature variables, relative humidity variables, evaporati...

b a ckground: zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis is a growing health problem in many rural areas of iran. rhombo mys opimus , the great gerbil, is the main animal reservoir of zcl in the northeast and central part of iran. the aim of the current study was to evaluate the rodenticidal effect of coumavec® (a mixture of coumatetralyl 0.5% and etofenprox 0.5%) on r. opimus under laboratory condition....

background: zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) is an increasing public health problem in some endemic re­gions. horseradish peroxidase (hrp) conjugated rabbit anti- rhombomys opimus ( r. opimus ) ig is needed for im­munoblotting and elisa tests used to explore the immune response of the rodents against the sand fly saliva. in this study, the production of hrp conjugated rabbit anti- r. opim...

BACKGROUND The neglected zoonotic diseases (NZD) are an understudied group that are a major cause of illness throughout the developing world. In general, little is known about the prevalence and burden of NZDs in affected communities, particularly in relation to other infectious diseases with which they are often co-endemic. We describe the design and descriptive epidemiological outputs from an...